The Republican journal., 1887-11-10
A Sensation I!
OPINION OF \ FASHIONABLE WOMAN OF THE
WORLD.

-" YOU expect to win in your dress reform
me'elnent." was asked Of Mrs. Annc-Jcnnc>s
Miller, - I. Hi st.. New York, editor of
UrtS$.
Il hope to-
why do YOU Object 10 the present style:"
1T is ungraeetul. teforlning and injurious"
do ladies generally support the reform?''
''Nes. Very generally. My correspondence
i very heaEy. Next to Mrs. Clcyeand's mine
is said 10 ne the largest daily mail Of any wo-
mans III the United States. ana from not only
every state in the Union but from almost every
country Of Europe
is the magazine, Dress, succccding?'
Very handsomely. indeed. Dress has been
published loss than Il year, and am gratitied
with reports from all over the world of the ac-
eeltanre by ladies in the very highest rank. of
the reform which Dress advocates
Mrs. Miller is Il conicly woman in appear
arre. and is very enthusiastic in her dress re-
iorii agitation. As the New York Graphic
says: ">he herself is young and attractive.
with figure so tremendously developed as to
suggest strength, power and beauty
Iii" reform which She is urging with 50 much
rloquence and grace seems to be the coming
one. Mrs. Jenness-M Ier has the advantage of
high social position. being of the same family
with the late Wendell Phillips, and the poet
Oliver Wendell Holmes.
1t i in the fashionable world. of course,
where Al the styles are determined. and where
tie chnAges mUs bc9tn.' She says.
"iIow do YOU endure so much work and keep
SO w4ll:''
IL dress myself according to my own ideas,
amd furthermore,I give myself the best of care
and treatment. Six years ago. | was nearly
exhausted from my work of lccturing. writ
ing. etc..
''In,lced. vOu 10 not look like it noW,''
No: am not now. am now a perfectly
well woman and intend to remain so. You see
understand the laws of life too well to be. or
remain Ill. but strange a, it may seem for one to
say who is oppo>edto medicines on general prn-
ciple>, if lind myself tired or feeling i'll fly to
The ole single remedy which 10 endorse, and
that is Warmers safe cure, which gives new
energy and vitality to all my powers. 1t is
indeed what sometimes call my standby. |
have many opportunities to recommend it. and
embrace them gladly. because know that il is
thoroughly reliable, and for women especially
ctecttre. Indeed, often find myself recon-
ineneing ii TO my friends as warmly as | do my
magazine, or indeed my improved garments,
and this | would rot do did not personally
know of its virtucs.''
Mrs. Miller insists that all women can and
must be beautiful and will he so if they follow
her style of dress and self treatment.
"Will you not state. briefly, in just what your
reform consists:''
''Oh. with pleasure propose jersey fit
ting garment to be worn next to the bodv
making Of woman a vision of lOveliness!
IL. cover this l put cotton or linen gar
ment, of one piece, without bands or binding
covering the entire body also.
Ill. ''In place of the pctticoats. propose
one complete body covering garment called
'leglettes.'
~. "We abandon the corset entirely as
totally unfit for use, in its common form, and
we substitute therefor supple supporting
waist, and then we make the outside gown as
beautiful as artistic skill and common sense
can design
Mrs. Mler's words of counsel, which every
woman should heed. will undoubtedly give to
the women Of America some new ideas upon a
subject SO very near to each of them.